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When The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario was overcapacity with children battling illnesses in November, two University Waterloo Pharmacy students, who were already in Ottawa for their co-op positions, stepped up to help. Parsa Ali and Duaa Osman brought an “injection of energy” to the hospital during a tough time.

University of Waterloo’s co-op program is credited as an important factor in the Toronto-Waterloo Region Corridor being ranked as one of the world’s top locations to start a company.

Colleen Philips-Davis becomes associate director of equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism (EDI-R) in Co-operative and Experiential Education. Co-operative education will change to deepen staff knowledge and to future-proof students through an EDI-R lens.

Study findings show 13 per cent of students from the Faculty of Environment's co-op terms work is directly related to the UN SDGs. The study's findings suggest more could be done to increase awareness for the SDGs and better assessment is required.

Research from the Work-Learn Institute (WxL) identified three key factors for students working from home during the pandemic.

When the world turned upside down in 2020, a Waterloo Engineering student decided to take it upon himself to help people adapt to new surroundings.